‘Hey, go away! …GO! GO! JET! ASSJET!’
= ASSJET
Why would a company name their product “Ass-Jet” using the Japanese Katakana phonetic script reserved for writing foreign words?
It’s simple really. The bug spray’s name is actually “Earth Jet” but since Japanese language doesn’t have the “th” sound and “r” is problematic, the English word “earth” comes out mangled as “ass” (that is, “earth” sounds like “aa-su“). Enjoy.
Yes, you hearing it correctly. In the first line of the TV commercial, Hiromi Go* says in engrish is, “Hey, go away!” followed the refrain of, “GO! GO! JET! ASSJET!!”
Tip-of-the-hat to japologism.com for the ASSJET video.
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*Learn more about Hiromi Go (郷ひろみ), “Japan’s answer to Ricky Martin,” on his YouTube channel.
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September 2nd, 2012 at 6:09 pm
Hey, when I “go, go assjet” I can clear the room of bugs (and all other living things). ;-D
September 3rd, 2012 at 12:49 am
Run Away!
From the clown that farted…..
September 3rd, 2012 at 7:50 am